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to explain the transition from mere use to addiction (1998). Thus, one can say that while some people have been able to stop drug ...
Three modes of group psychotherapy are explored. Cognitive restructuring, Gestalt, and meaning-centered family therapy are discuss...
simply a money making venture that serves to create a larger divide between social classes. Alexander and Roberts note that the...
then it should be remembered that not all smokers become addicted; some are able to quit easily and never take up the habit again....
It grows along with the addiction to the power source. Addictions are as unique as are individuals, and therefore the effects can...
substance no matter what the consequences that led societies to research the issue and develop the disease concept. What is addi...
health effectiveness to the treatment of depression and the dependence upon heroin. Depression is likely the most common malady e...
up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...
own feelings, behaviors and thoughts. The phenomenological method of gaining awareness is about "perceiving, feeling and acting" (...
but they are human problems. People who get into trouble with these substances need help, not censure. This paper describes some o...
for one person may be unhealthy for another. A parallel with alcoholism may also be useful, the way one individual used alcohol ma...
affected by it. Young people are particularly susceptible to the effects of alcohol as their brains are still developing. Adolesc...
(13). Elster contends that gambling addiction comes about slowly and the first step is that someone finds himself in a certain env...
3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how "The Wizard of Oz" was Garland's first major step toward a life of drug addic...
took her two children, a toddler and an infant, out in 20 degree cold to get Snickers bars (Eller, 2006). Littleton claims she was...
addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...
are admitted sex addicts and "shopohaulics." No one would want to outlaw shopping or sex, but of course, sex and shopping are regu...
(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...
dynamics to the point of the child being disrespectful to parents, harboring a negative attitude, breaking rules, instigating quar...
alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...
should be regarded as legitimate treatments that help to wean the addicted individual from the abused substance both psychologica...
the substance replaces recreational social or occupational activities (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). * The continuing u...
This is unfortunate, because college students are significantly more likely to have problems with gambling than older adults, and ...
she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...
crime to pay for their habits, they fail academically, and they fail in society as a whole. Drug abusers can become violent or en...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...
families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...
the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...
12 pages and 12 sources used. This paper provides an overview of an emerging system in providing health benefits by employers. T...